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Verse Isaiah 48:12. _O JACOB_ - "O Jacob, my servant"] After יעקב
_yaakob_, a MS. of _Kennicott's_, two of _De Rossi's_, and the two old
editions of 1486 and 1488, add the word עבדי _abdi_, "my servan...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME - This is a solemn call on the Jews in Babylon to
attend to what he was now about to say. It is the commencement of a
new part of the argument, containing the assurance that he would
d...
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CHAPTER 48
The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and
Future
1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2.
_Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
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THE NEW THINGS WHICH YAHWEH SHOWS. Yahweh emphasizes His incomparable
and eternal majesty as Creator. When He had fashioned the earth and
the heavens at His word they took their places. Let Israel ass...
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JACOB AND ISRAEL: i.e. the natural and spiritual seed. Some codices,
with two early printed editions, read "Jacob my servant".
THE FIRST. THE LAST. Compare Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6....
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b. PERSPECTIVE
TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16
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For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the
first, I also am the last.
-The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will restore
His people.
Verse 12. I (AM) THE...
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48:12 HE; (a-12) See ch. 41.4....
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LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON
1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit.
12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and
l...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 48
ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION
V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
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Like other passages, this verse speaks of God as ‘beginning’ and
‘end’, or as ‘First’ and ‘Last’. Such phrases often appear
in passages about the *Lord’s control of events, both in the past
and the fu...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, O JACOB. — The prophet is drawing near to the end
of the first great section of his book, and his conclusion takes the
form of a condensed epitome of the great argument of Isaiah 40-4...
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שְׁמַ֤ע אֵלַי֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְ
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְקֹרָאִ֑י...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED
Isaiah 48:1-16
We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the
realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we
trust in idol...
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This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with
the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first
describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
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Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; (p) I [am] he; I [am]
the first, I also [am] the last.
(p) Read (Isaiah 41:4)....
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Reader! observe what grace is, again and again displayed in every
verse, as we prosecute this sweet Chapter. Though the Lord began by
pointing out Israel's rebellion, and this was followed up with
exp...
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12._Hearken to me, O Jacob. _We have formerly explained the reason why
the Lord declares his eternity. It is, that we may know that he is
always like himself, and that we may not measure him by our ca...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48.
In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her
idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for
governmental...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, O JACOB AND ISRAEL, MY CALLED,.... Called before out
of Egypt, and now out of Babylon, and who had the name of God called
upon them, and who called upon the name of the Lord; so such...
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the
first, I also [am] the last.
Ver. 12. _I am he._] Heb., _Hu; _ this the Rabbis make to be one of
the names of God. Sanchez here o...
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_Hearken unto me, Israel, my called_ Whom I have called out of the
world to be my peculiar people, to serve, and glorify, and enjoy me;
and therefore you, of all others, have least cause to forsake me...
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An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
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Hearken unto Me, O Jacob and Israel, My called, the form of address
once more being in the usual cordial style used by the Lord in
speaking to the people of His choice, here identical with His Church;...
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9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have
mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to
spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It w...
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ISRAEL MY CALLED; whom I have called out of the world to be my
peculiar people, to serve, and glorify, and enjoy me; and therefore
you of all others have least cause to forsake me, or to follow after...
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CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH.
Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very
idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under
the microscop...
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YAHWEH'S PLEA TO HIS PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF ISAIAH, AND TAKE
THEIR PLACE AS GOD'S SERVANT (ISAIAH 48:12).
Isaiah 48:12
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called,
I am he, I am the fir...
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Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the
name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which
swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
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CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of
Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
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Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all
false swearing to his covenant.
Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah
continues here to be the speaker, and...
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_Hearken unto Me, O Jacob_
GOD’S UNCHANGEABLENESS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
“The eternity and immutability of God are in their own nature
inseparable, and are so generally united in the Holy Scriptures th...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God
pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for
his own sake.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:12 The God of the gospel is the commanding
presence in the universe.
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GOD’S UNCHANGEABLENESS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
Isaiah 48:12. _I am He; I am the first, I also am the last_
Having called on the Jews in Babylon to attend to what He was now
about to say by His servant th...
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EXPOSITION
The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's
later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people,
partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
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Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore
then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to
restore the house of Jacob.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
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1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 32:39; Isaiah 34:1;...
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O Israel — Whom I have called out of the world to be my peculiar
people....